It could have are available in a shedding effort in opposition to the Chicago Blackhawks, however Edmonton Oilers’ ahead Ryan Nugent-Hopkins attained a private milestone on Saturday night time.
The 31-year-old, who was a primary general decide for the Oilers again in 2011, recorded an help on Leon Draisaitl’s first purpose of the season halfway via the third interval. The helper was a secondary help on the powerplay and marked Nugent-Hopkins’ 700th profession NHL level.
In his 14th season with the Oilers, Nugent-Hopkins has recorded 251 targets and 449 assists for 700 factors in 883 common season video games — averaging 0.79 factors per sport over that span.
After his first profession 100-point season in 2022-23 when he hit 104 factors, Nugent-Hopkins took a step again offensively final season with simply 67 factors in 80 video games for the Oilers. He has one help via two video games to start out the 2024-25 season.
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As for the place he sits on the group’s all-time lists, he’s third in video games performed (883) behind Ryan Smyth (971) and Kevin Lowe (1,037), eighth all-time in targets, eighth all-time in assists and seventh all-time in factors. He’s one in every of three energetic gamers contained in the top-10.
As for this season, Nugent-Hopkins will likely be on the lookout for a bounce again 12 months after dropping practically 40 factors. Given the expectations on the Oilers in 2024-25, they are going to want him at his greatest to perform these targets.
